Evening Talk On Feminism Date & Time : Wednesday, 7th February 2007, 8.15 pm
Venue : Pertubuhan Kebajikan al-Nidaa Malaysia 17A, Lorong Datuk Sulaiman 7, Taman Tun Dr. Ismail, 60000 KL Entrance Fee: Adults: RM 10 Students: RM 5 (Inclusive of supper) Please contact 03-77106900 or 012-2820244 to confirm seat as seats are limited. ===================================================== Feminism is a collection of social theories, political movements and moral philosophies largely motivated by or concerned with the liberation of women. A large portion of feminists are especially concerned with what they perceive to be the social, political and economic inequality between the sexes which favors the male gender. In the Muslim world, feminist movements have flourished and made their presence felt. They claim that theyre neither anti-Shariah nor anti-Islam, but they depend on the Quran, Sunnah and Ijtihad to challenge the ways in which Islam has been distorted by Shariah rulings issued mostly by ultraconservative men! The speaker will explore this claim and give a brief account of feminist movements in the Muslim world and identify the fundamentals of their thoughts and ideas... Invited Speaker =============== Assoc. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Mumtaz Ali holds an M.Phil and Ph.D in Islamic Studies from Aligarh Muslim University, India. He also obtained his M.A in Modern Political Thought from the same institution. One of his area of interests is Modern and Contemporary Islamic Thought. He is currently a lecturer at the Department of Usuluddin and Comparative Religion, Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge, IIUM. In March 1997, he presented a paper on Problems of WomenNeed for Islamization of Knowledge at the International Conference on Women and Children in Sydney. He has authored several books and presented papers at various conferences and seminars worldwide. He is married to Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zeenath Kauthar who authored Feminist Sexual Politics and Family Deconstruction: an Islamic Perspective and Women in Feminism and Politics: New Direction Toward Islamization. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Need Mail bonding? Go to the Yahoo! Mail Q&A for great tips from Yahoo! Answers users. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396546091
